That's the blues. When you go to buy a candy bar And you've lost the dime you had-Slipped through a hole in your pocket somewhere-That's the blues, too, and bad! Submitted by Denice Jackson
The average life span of a snail is approximately 10 to 15 years in captivity. However, it is believed that some species can live up to 25 years this way. In the wild however, lifespan varies from species to species, but range from 2-3 in some cases to 5-7 for other kinds of land snails.
When conditions are optimal (warm weather, high humidity), snails can reproduce as frequently as once a month. If the average snail lays 86 eggs per cycle and has an average of five reproductive cycles a year, each individual snail can lay 430 eggs a year. In the summer, garden snail eggs will hatch in about two weeks. Newly hatched snails have soft, translucent shells. Depending on climate conditions, snails reach sexual maturity in one to two years. Fully grown snails measure an average of .33 inches in diameter.